^_^
― tehresa, Thursday, 2 June 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
haha rad
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
btw my cal is free tomorrow!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 2 June 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
well depending on what time i wake up/how insane the traffic is, i hope to be around by maybe 6pm?
my only serious demand of any location is that it be air conditioned (though cheap is good too)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
I could do with a few pints right now.
― Ivana Boob-Reduction (j.lu), Thursday, 2 June 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
Cold out there.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 June 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
haha yeah i opened my front door and just went "yeaaaaaaaaaaaah"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 3 June 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
it's AWESOME
― tehresa, Friday, 3 June 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Dancers versus the Park Police Round II at the Jefferson Memorial Saturday at noon.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/performance-and-dance/2011/06/03/dance-revolution-etc-part-ii/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 June 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
I am down for this fap today. Do these things get coordinated via email?
― Eris and Paris Making Dolmas (los blue jeans), Friday, 3 June 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
mookie emailed me last night and said he probably can't make it due to car issues :(
― tehresa, Friday, 3 June 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
x-post - I can't make it, but I thought others were interested. Los Blue Jeans, maybe you should just suggest a spot and ask here if others are up for it?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 June 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
i'd be interested for sure. tons of beer places have mad cool guest drafts due to SAVOR going on
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 3 June 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
Washington Post on 2 Capitol Hill area happy hours:
Overheard at the conservative happy hour First Friday at Union Pub: “I’ll be over at the Faith and Freedom conference tomorrow. . . . They beat Notre Dame this year. . . . When Snowmageddon happened two years ago, I had a reservation at Minibar. . . . The Weiner jokes are overwhelming me right now.”
Overheard at the progressive happy hour First Thursday at Lounge 201 the night before: “I’m also a PhD student. . . . I’m a lawyer by day but . . . We lost the message war! . . . Libertarianism doesn’t make sense. How can you abolish everything? . . . How drunk do I have to be to say, ‘Hey, Ron Paul intern’?”
First Friday formed in 2006 when a posse of Heritage Foundation co-workers ambled across Massachusetts Avenue NE to Union Pub. They desired a social setting with no strings attached (no guest speaker, no book reading, no dress code or registration or cover charge), so they formed their own.
“At other events you’d be having a good time, mingling, having a beer, and then all of a sudden it’d get quiet and Dick Armey would stand up and pontificate on the future of America — that sucks,” says one of the First Friday charter members, Brian Phillips, 33, communications director for Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). “But if Dick Armey wants to come hang out, that’s great.”
First Friday lassoed big GOP names (Boehner, Steele, Newt) for guest appearances — nothing formal, just: “Oh hey, there’s Grover Norquist” — and word of mouth buoyed attendance until it became a consistent safe house for conservatives adrift in a blindingly liberal city.
First Thursday began two weeks ago in reaction to First Friday’s popularity and to reinvigorate the idling movement that elected Barack Obama in 2008. The organizers of First Thursday have boasted that they can out-network the conservatives. Whatever that means. (How is networking prowess tabulated? By the frequency with which one uses the word “networking”?)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/off-the-clock-and-its-still-party-time-on-capitol-hill-with-dueling-happy-hours/2011/06/03/AGkg4lJH_story.html
There's another link with photos also
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 June 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
"networking" ugh. I really prefer to hang out with people I like and not ask them for anything related to career stuff, it's so much easier
― daria, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
"blindingly liberal" lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Showing up at the conservative one could be amusing (or frightening)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 June 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
i think i accidentally crashed one of those at duffy's during the ncaa tournament (coincidentally it was a duke game)
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 6 June 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
So the rally for DC Statehood on the West lawn of the Capitol Thursday evening features Chuck Brown performing after the speakers. I doubt any of the First Friday happy hour crowd will wander over, but maybe some First Thursday types will.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
hello dc dudes! i hope you are all healthy and wealthy and watching a lot of tarkovsky. nbd but i'm playing a rad zine release party on saturday at velveeta lounge and it would, of course, be a real treat to see any/all of you fine folks there for hanging, drinking etc. there may (read: will) be free donuts. <3
― pretzel walrus, Friday, 17 June 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
cool!
where is that? anyone free tomorrow?
― tehresa, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 3:57 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
my friend ally put this together. it was pretty rad.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol wait
anyone free tomorrow?
― tehresa, Friday, June 17, 2011 11:06 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
am + wld attend
donuts you say
― Gukbe, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
except i googled and could not find
― tehresa, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
donuts. anyway i'm generally outta ilx rotation but it'd be chill to meet the new class + reconnect with old pals in a fun and frisky setting (btw tehresa velvet's at 915 u st.)
― pretzel walrus, Friday, 17 June 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
u playing anywhere else y/n
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
mostly here in nc these days, though i think we're gonna try and make it back up to nyc relatively soon
― pretzel walrus, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
cool -- i am dling yr ep and am looking forward to learning what the safe word is
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
i think i saw you guys at cake shop once if it is same band but i don't know! maybe it is a different one?
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
it is a different one but you did see my previous band at cake shop! 69 moved to sf i moved to nc and now i am playing with some other folks and it's pretty good times i think.
― pretzel walrus, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
yay :)
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:24 (twelve years ago) link
i was unable to learn the safe word -- too noize
is the one singer your gf?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
mookie you should just come to this gig
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
you left work at one today maybe *you* should have come *here*
(i know i should; my sched is supposed to change next month)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
i'm still trying to recover from you standing me up a few weeks ago! not to mention i went to nyc in feb; when have you come here? hmmmmmmm?
― tehresa, Saturday, 18 June 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
;_;
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 June 2011 02:00 (twelve years ago) link
so sad
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:44 (twelve years ago) link
OMG ZR so want to see you, am gonna do this Mr. BBQ unless for some reason bbqing in rock creek this afternoon takes a fatal turn!
C'mon DCers: it is DC FAP time!!!
― quincie, Saturday, 18 June 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
well there are donuts involved
― Gukbe, Saturday, 18 June 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Missed ZR's band! Next time Pretzel Walrus.
Unrelated:
ashigtonian critics's 5 fave new places to eat:
Your five favorite new (opened in the last six months) restaurants. Go!
Todd Kliman:
In no particular order ...
Mala Tang in Arlington, Freddy's Lobster + Clams in Bethesda, Fiola in DC, Shake Shack in DC, Kao Thai in Silver Spring.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
or "Washingtonian" if you prefer
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
Been to Mala Tang twice. Individually sized Chengdu-style hot pot, nice modern atmosphere but really excellent. The hot pots are good but oh man just get a bunch of the appetizers because they are FANTASTIC.
Fiola is the new restaurant of the chef who used to be at Maestro - I think he's probably the most talented chef in DC, really extraordinary pastas and fish especially. High end place but not crazy like Maestro was.
Shake Shack is Shake Shack, I went and it's a very good fast food burger if that's your thing. Better than Five Guys for sure. Not worth waiting in line.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
and on a very important note, REN'S RAMEN has reopened, moving from Bethesda to Wheaton. Just a couple blocks from the metro and holy shit it's so delicious. Only real deal ramen in the area, I think.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
Ramen sounds good. If i ever make it to the AFI i'll check it out. I'm hoping to swing by Shake Shack some afternoon next week when it's not busy.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
I keep hearing about Toki Underground--I tried to organize a get-together down there back in April sometime and everybody bailed because of the line. Anybody tried it?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
Toki's fun and quite good, Taiwan-style ramen and other dishes, but it's a shoebox of a place with maybe 25 seats, all at counters. Not great for groups.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:30 (twelve years ago) link
noted. is it still overstuffed in terms of people? other than as a function of the shoebox, i mean.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah you still gotta show up early or late, even on off nights.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link